"veracious" meaning in English

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          "text": "The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious.",
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          "text": "\"It were against all rules, whether of history or romance—whether I look to my grandfather Henri Quatre, or to the less veracious chronicles of Scuderi, and copy Oroondates—to depart without some favour.\"",
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